----- Original Message ----- From: "Tiffany Leigh Morrison" <roonierella@cox.net> To: "Jerry Sanford" <origfatdac@epix.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] Help Desperately Needed; > If your mother was born in 1906, that means Joseph was 58 when she was > born. > > In the 1920 Gates NC census, Joseph B. Blanchard is listed as the > Brother-in-law of the head of household. There is one servant in the home. > His occupation is listed as laborer on a farm, and it also says that both of > his parents were born in NC. The head of households name was Richard, but > you can not read the last name because it is smudged. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Sanford" <origfatdac@epix.net> > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 10:39 PM > Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] Help Desperately Needed; > > > > If Joseph B. Blanchard was not born until 1848-1850 it is extremely > doubtful > > that he could have been a 'slave master.' > > > > In 1879, you state that he married his first > > wife, Hester Wilson, yet you later state that he 'RE-married your maternal > > grandmother 'Ella' in 1892-1893 after Hester died in 1889. ????? > > > > If you found him the 1900 WV Census have you searched for him on the 1870 > or > > 1880 Census in NC, VA or WV? > > > > Jerry > > > > -----Original Message--- > > -- > > From: J.r. Smith <jayrsmith@buckeye-express.com> > > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Sunday, April 20, 2003 8:26 AM > > Subject: [NCROOTS] Help Desperately Needed; > > > > > > :Hello List members. I am Jay R. Smith of Toledo, Ohio, and I am brand > new > > to the List. I surely would NOT bug you if I was not in dire need of > help. > > : > > :My 3 sisters and I (youngest being 59, oldest 72) are trying to establish > > the maternal portion of our family tree, before we start dying off. To > that > > objective, I desperately need to gather information about our maternal > > grandfather (birthdate, birthplace, parents names, siblings, etc., etc.), > > and I honestly don't know what to do next. I do know I cannot afford > > Ancestry.com !!! > > : > > :Grandfather was Joseph B. (Benjamin ?) BLANCHARD, born 1848/50, as > deduced > > from a 1900 WV Census document, wherein he declared his birthplace as Nort > h > > Carolina. No Idea where in NC, though. Gates Co., has been suggested, > but > > from the limited navigation I have done on the web of there, it has > yielded > > nothing. > > : > > :I DO know that he was in Cabell County, WV., in 1879 because that is > when, > > and where, he married his first wife, Hester Brown Wilson BLANCHARD, on 4 > > December. She died in 1889. He then remarried my maternal Grandmother > Ella > > BLANCHARD, in 1892/93. Joseph & Hester produced 3 children, and Joseph & > > Ella produced 3 children, the youngest of which was my Mother, Wilma > > BLANCHARD, born 12 July 1906, in Fayette Co., WV. > > : > > :My second oldest sister, (also Wilma) avows that Mom told her that Joseph > & > > Ella split up at some point after my mother was born, and he returned to > > (and died in) North Carolina, where he had been a master of slaves (so I > > presume he went back to his old homestead) since he was warmly greeted > again > > by some former slaves that had worked under him in years past. > > : > > :After the split of Joseph & Ella, Ella spent the rest of her life in a > > sanitarium in Blackwell, VA (Henrico County, I think) since my Mom is > census > > listed (at 14 yrs old) as a boarder with a family in Henrico Co., VA. > > : > > :Did Joseph travel from NC to Blackwell, VA. to see Ella ??? Would you > have > > ?? I would !!!! > > : > > :Please List, help me, if you can. > > : > > :Respectfully, > > :Jay R. Smith, Toledo, OHIO > > : > > : > > :==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > :NCGenWeb list of NC genealogy links: > > :http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/list.html > > : > > : > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > (or NCROOTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for digest mode" > > Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also. > > >